Sean Hannity will defend freedom of speech, but doesn’t like The … – Salon

Fox News host Sean Hannity said Thursday that he was going to deliver one of the most important opening monologues hes ever given in support of free speech. That was just a few hours after he erupted over The Onion writing a story about him.

On Hannity Thursday night, the right-wing commentator addressed Kathy Griffinspicture of President Trumps severed head, saying that he didnt condone the comedians actions, butnever thought she should be fired over it.

Its a pretty consistent position Hannity has had, and he reminded viewers that he didnt agree with comedian Stephen Colbert, but didnt want to promote the #FireColbert movement either. Hannityalso played clips of himself defending Bill Maher for inappropriate comments hes made over the years, once again reminding everyone that though he may not agree with whats being said, he would never take away their right to say it.

But afterasking viewers why the left wasnt supporting his right to free speech when he clearly was supporting theirs, he brought up something that bothered him from earlier in the day: an article, published two weeks earlier, that featured a photoshopped picture of a bunch of minature Sean Hannitys emerging from the desiccated corpse of Roger Ailes.

The article, by the way, was written by The Onion.

The end of Hannitys monologue attacked the satirical websitefor posting such an image.

What is wrong with the left that they think these sorts of things are funny? he tweeted Thursday night.

Twitter, of course, couldnt help but point out the glaring irony between Hannitys monologue and the tweets that surfaced later.

There were some who were sympathetic to Hannitys remarks, but for the most part, Twitter users pointed out that his tweets and complaints didnt make him an advocate for free speech, instead they just made him a snowflake.

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